Absorbent article for pet animal

Abstract

Provided is an absorbent article for a pet animal being capable of prevent urine leaking out of a tail opening. The absorbent article includes a cutting line forming the fail opening positioned on a dorsal region side in an intermediate region and an indicator positioned on a body non-facing surface of an absorbent layer and to show a color reaction by coming in contact with excreted urine. The absorbent layer is positioned between the cutting line and a ventral region. The absorbent core has a first end edge and a second end edge opposite to the first end edge in a longitudinal direction, and the indicator is positioned longitudinally outboard of at least the first end edge of the first end edge and the second end edge.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. An absorbent article for a pet animal having a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction, a thickness direction, a body facing surface, and a body non-facing surface, and comprising
 a ventral region, a dorsal region, an intermediate region and an absorbent layer having an absorbent core and a rear end, 
 wherein: 
 the absorbent article further comprises a cutting line for forming a tail opening positioned adjacent to the rear end of the absorbent layer in the intermediate region, and an indicator positioned on the body non-facing surface of the absorbent layer and to show a color reaction by coming in contact with urine excreted by the pet animal, 
 the absorbent layer is positioned between the cutting line and the ventral region, 
 the absorbent core has a first end edge opposite to the cutting line and a second end edge opposite to the first end edge in the longitudinal direction, 
 the indicator is positioned longitudinally outboard of the first and second end edges of the absorbent core, 
 the indicator includes
 a layered portion overlapping the absorbent core in the thickness direction, and 
 a non-layered portion extending longitudinally outboard from the first end edge of the absorbent core, 
 
 the cutting line has a shape convexly curved toward the dorsal region, 
 the non-layered portion of the indicator is positioned within an area defined by the cutting line, and 
 the indicator does not extend longitudinally outward of the cutting line. 
 
     
     
       2. The absorbent article according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the absorbent layer includes a hydrophilic core cover sheet covering at least one of the body facing surface and the body non-facing surface of the absorbent core, and 
 the core cover sheet and the indicator overlap each other in the thickness direction. 
 
     
     
       3. The absorbent article according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the core cover sheet has an end edge extending longitudinally outboard from the first end edge of the absorbent core, and 
 the end edge of the core cover sheet and the indicator overlap each other in the thickness direction. 
 
     
     
       4. The absorbent article according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 a graphic area having a color being visually recognizable from an outside of the body non-facing surface, and 
 a non-graphic area, 
 wherein at least a part of the indicator overlaps the non-graphic area in the thickness direction.